Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Reading

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 80 83
Rank change year-on-year +24 +3 -8
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 20 11 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.85% 1.02% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 1.12% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 2
10th Percentile £420 - £419
25th Percentile £463 - £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -22.22% -10.67%
75th Percentile £550 £519 £466
90th Percentile £585 £538 £471
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +39.29% -22.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 983 963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.31% 90.85% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 551 628
10th Percentile £337 £330 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £609 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £41.24
25th Percentile £16.66 £49.38 £59.89
Median hourly rate £58.00 £60.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -4.48% -2.63%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.21 £65.25
90th Percentile £96.75 £74.87 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +21.68%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Reading

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Reading over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Reading

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
1 8 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (30.00%) AWS
3 5 (25.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) NoSQL
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Local Government
2 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
1 7 (35.00%) Test Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) AWS Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Lead
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Test Leader
4 3 (15.00%) UAT Lead
4 3 (15.00%) UAT Test Lead
5 2 (10.00%) AWS DevOps
5 2 (10.00%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) QA Tester
5 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Tester
6 1 (5.00%) QA Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Automation Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (5.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) DevOps
2 9 (45.00%) Scenario Testing
3 8 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 8 (40.00%) Validation
4 7 (35.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 7 (35.00%) Performance Testing
4 7 (35.00%) Test Automation
5 6 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 6 (30.00%) High Availability
5 6 (30.00%) Load Testing
5 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (30.00%) Risk Analysis
5 6 (30.00%) Verification and Validation
6 4 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) Project Management
7 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (10.00%) ERP
8 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
8 2 (10.00%) Migration
8 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) Python
1 6 (30.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) AWS Certification
1 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco